In chronological order:
- Jack the Ripper – 1888: First psycho-sexual serial killer came replete with the most evocative nickname ever and an unsolvable identity…
- Lizzie Borden – 1892: America’s first feminist eschewed poison and hacked her way to personal liberation via financial independence…
- Hall/Mills – 1922: The “Minister and the Choir Singer” was a juicy story of adultery and murder which remains unsolved despite clear suspects…
- Loeb/Leopold – 1924: America’s first thrill killers murdered not for passion or greed but rather as a sociological experiment…
- Lindbergh Baby – 1932: For decades investigators of the “Crime of the Century” have looked for a kidnapper instead of a baby killer…
- Black Dahlia – 1947: The dismemberment of the pathetic butterfly may have been related to other similar LA crimes in the 1940’s…
- Marilyn Sheppard – 1954: A classic murder mystery that spawned intricate forensic evidence and a cadre of five solid suspects…
- Kennedy Assassination – 1963: A Tsunami of conspiracy theories overwhelms solid evidence that Oswald acted alone…
- Manson Murders – 1969: The end of the “Love Generation” when a criminal guru manipulated young followers into savage murders…
- OJ Simpson – 1994: A modern day Othello collides with the media circus in a fascinating tale of murder, race, and sex…
Honorable Mention:
- Lincoln Assassination
- Speck & Whitman
- Boston Strangler
- Sacco & Vanzetti
- Ted Bundy
- Starkweather & Fugate
- Son of Sam
- St. Valentines Day Massacre
- Joe Ewell
- Jon Benet Ramsey